Revival Union Boycotts Elections

After the meeting with State Minister Zurab Zhvania on December 30, Adjarian leader Aslan Abashidze reiterated that the polling stations will be opened in the Autonomous Republic on January  4 presidential elections, however Abashidze added that his party Revival Union will boycott the elections.

“We decided to put aside confrontations and Adjara will participate in the elections, but not the Revival Union. Our party has its principles and we follow the constitutional frames,” Aslan Abashidze said at a joint briefing with Zhvania late on December 30.

After the velvet revolution Aslan Abashidze denounced the new leadership of the country as “illegitimate” and said that the power transition occurred with the violation of the constitution.

Zurab Zhvania hailed talks with Aslan Abashidze and said that the Autonomous Republic has made very “positive steps and transferred taxes to the central budget,” for the first time in last three years.